| 9/19 | Jeffrey Wasserstrom (Indiana University) |
| "Human Rights in China: Past, Present, and Future" | |
| 10/3 | Elliot Sperling (Indiana University) |
| 10/17 | Paul Watt (DePauw University) |
| "Apostolic Religion in Contemporary Japan: The Rise and Demise of Aum Shinriko" | |
| 10/31 | Andrea McElderry (University of Louisville) |
| "Shanghai Securities Exchanges, Past and Present" | |
| 11/14 | Julia Thomas (University of Wisconsin-Madison) |
| "History and Anti-History: Photography and National Identity in Japan" | |
| 12/5 | Paul Swanson (Nanzan University, Japan) |
| "Off-the-Wall Speculations on the Origins of Zen Meditation |
| January 23 | Keith Schoppa (Valparaiso University) |
| The Geography Of War: Space, Place, & Displacement In Zhejiang, 1937-45 | |
| February 6 | Bob Eno (Indiana University |
| "The Confucian Rebirth and Chiense Political Discourse" | |
| February 20 | Ken'ichi Ikeda (University of Tokyo) |
| March 6 | Nancy Abelman (University of Illinois) |
| April 3 | Poshek Fu (University of Illinois) |
| April 24 | Paul Katz (University of Illinois) |